Ear-bandage.



K. BERTHBLQ BARBANDAGB. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1910.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

wi/tmeowo THE NORRIS PETERS cu, WASHINGTON, a, c.

KATHERINE BERTHEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EAR-BANDAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

Application filed June 10, 1910. Serial No. 566,178.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, KATHERINE BERTHEL, a citizen of the German Empire,residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEar-Bandages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved earbandage by which cotton or anyother desired application may be securely held on the ear without beingliable to shift its position when the person wearing the bandage is insitting position or lying down.

Heretofore it was necessary for holding an appliance to the ear to passa clumsy inconvenient bandage around the head, which bandage, however,even if it were ever so carefully applied, did not give such securitythat the application was held properly to the ear and prevented fromshifting.

The object of my improved bandage is to hold the application to the earin a firm and reliable position, without any danger of its shifting,either during the day or night; and for this purpose the inventionconsists of an ear-bandage which comprises a web of muslin or otherfabric which is placed over the application, a looped band extendingfrom the upper and lower parts of the web over the forehead, and asecond hand that is passed through the looped end of the first band andconnected at one end with the lower end of the web and at the other endwith the upper rear-end of the looped band, as will be fully describedhereinafter and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side-elevation of myimproved ear-bandage showing it in position as applied to the head, Fig.2 is a side-elevation of the ear-bandage showing the other side of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved ear-bandage, drawnon a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures.

Referring to the drawings, 0; represents the web of a piece of cotton,muslin or other suitable fabric of the proper size to cover up the earand hold in position an application to the same. A forehead-band Z) isstitched directly to the lower part of the web a and is additionallysecured to the front part of said web by means of a short brace b saidband being extended over the forehead, looped at the side of the headopposite to the web a and then returned from the looped end 6 to theupper part of the web a, which is slitted so as to form loops a for thepassage of the band I), as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A second hand clpasses through the looped end 6 of the band I) and extends over theupper and lower rear-portion of the head, one end of the band 03 beingattached to the lower part of the web a, but extending from the same ina direction opposite to the lower part of the band I), while the upperpart is connected by a buckle a to the band 1) near the Web a, theintermediate part being passed through the looped end 6 as clearly shownin Fig. 3. hen the bands are properly placed and tightened, the loopedband I) is held on the forehead by the band cl, while the upper andlower aarts of the band (Z engage respec tively tie upper and lowerparts of the back of the head. it-h the bands thus arranged, they permita quick and easy application of the bandage to the ear and head and holdthe application properly on the ear, without any danger of its looseningor shifting, whether the person wearing it is sitting, walking or lyingdown. The ear-bandage can be readily applied to the head and tightenedup by means of the buckle and forms a more convenient and reliabledevice for holding an application to the car than the cumbersome andunsightly bandages heretofore in use. It can be manufactured verycheaply so as to be sold by druggists and surgical instrument makers ata price within reach of any one who requires an earprotecting bandage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

An ear-bandage comprising a web extending over the ear and provided withslits forming loops at the upper end, a foreheadband one end of which isattached to the lower end of the web while the other end is passedthrough the upper loops of the same, the intermediate part being formedinto a looped end, and a short brace for connecting the lower end of theforehead-band with the front-part of the web, anda second the back ofthe head, and a buckle for at- KATHERINE BERTHEL. 5 taching the upperend of the second head- WVitnesses:

band to the upper end of the forehead- PAUL GoEPEL, band. FANNIE F ISK.

looped hand attached to the lower end of In testimony, that I claim theforegoing the Web at one end, extending through the as my invention, Ihave signed my name in looped end of the forehead-band and aroundpresence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

